Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Pumpkin Patch Tour

One of my favourite days of the year is when we visit Shamrock Farm’s
                                     Pumpkin Patch. 
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Last night we had a really bad wind and rain storm and I thought this morning would be the same.  But we woke to clear skies and the sun shone for us, yay!
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   As the families arrived they had an opportunity to do a scavenger hunt.
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Searching and tallying how many pumpkins, witches, scarecrows, jack o’lanterns and
             spiders they could find.  They didn’t see any scarecrows.
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Shannon, the farm owner shared a variety of pumpkins; batwing, little boo,
                               porcelain and fairytale.
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She also showed us a piece of pumpkin vine with the blossom still attached
              which led us to learning where our pumpkin comes from.
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I set up a story walk for the families to read explaining how a pumpkin grows.
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  The families read each picture as they walked the lane leading to the field.
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                  We each found our pumpkin.  Then we found more.
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A little pumpkin like Shannon showed us and a rotting pumpkin with lots of seeds.
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                  Love the pumpkin patch.  Thanks Shannon.